Prof Mariapia Degli-Esposti
Biography:
Professor Mariapia Degli-Esposti (PhD) is a NHMRC Principal Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and heads the Experimental Immunology Group at the Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Professor Degli-Esposti is also the Head of the Immunology Division and was appointed Head of Research at the Lions Eye Institute in 2009. She has achieved international recognition as a viral immunologist with her research in the interactions between innate and adaptive immune responses being widely cited. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS. 2001 – 2005 Welcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia 2000 – 2005 Head of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia 2000 – 2001 Research Fellow, NHMRC, Head of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia 1998 – 1999 Senior Research Officer, NHMRC, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia 1995 – 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunex, Seattle, Washington, USA. WA and MG Saw Medical Research Fellow (1996). Athelstan and Amy Saw Medical Research Fellow (1995) 1993 – 1995 Senior Research Officer, NHMRC, Program Grant, Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL / NATIONAL / REGIONAL BODIES Australasian Society of Immunology Society for Natural Immunity NHMRC Australia. Keystone Meeting: Viral Immunity and Host Gene Influence, Keystone, United States, 2012, Invited Plenary Speaker 8th International Conference on Innate Immunity, Greece, 2011, Invited Speaker Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference, Lorne, Australia, 2011, Invited Speaker Immunology of Diabetes Symposium, Australian Diabetes Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 2011, Invited Speaker NK 2010 and 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Natural Immunity, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2010, Invited Plenary Speaker Keystone Meeting: HIV Vac
